San Antonio Strip Clubs: The San Antonio Shimmy
February 12, 2010The San Antonio Shimmy
Talking with Bill White campaign aide Bill Kelly last week, the issue of House Bill 1751 – the state’s poorly-written and unconstitutional $5 stripper surcharge bill – came up. He was wondering what was happening so, hey, Bill, quick update: It’s going before the Texas Supreme Court.
As former chief of staff to bill author Rep. Ellen Cohen, D-Houston, Kelly and Newsdesk agreed to disagree over the constitutionality of the bill. Ultimately, Newsdesk had both District Judge Scott Jenkins and the Third Court of Appeals on their side in saying, no, it’s unconstitutional.
However, the state (which simply won’t let this shabby, ill-written piece of legislation drop, even after major legislative efforts to fix its inherent flaws) filed a further petition for review. This morning the court posted that it will receive oral arguments at the law school at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio on March 25.